Fort Sumter - a US Army garrison on a tiny island in Charleston Harbour, which the South wanted to declare Confederate territory, and which Lincoln refused to recognise.
The South attacked the North. This was the start of the American civil war.
The US Civil War started on April 12, 1861, at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, in South Carolina.
The Civil War started on April 12 1861 when confederate soldiers attacked the military fort at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The War ended on April 9 1865 when Robert E. Lee Surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia.
On April 12, 1861, the first shot of the Civil War was fired. This was the Battle of Fort Sumter.
Apart from the Fort Sumter bombardment and a few skirmishes in Western Virginia, the first battle proper was First Bull Run (Manassas), July 1861, won by the Confederates. But neither army had been anywhere near ready for combat - which was the chief lesson of the battle.
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April 12, 1861
Started at Fort Sumter, April 1861 Ended (effectively) at Appomattox, April 1865
the fall of Fort Sumter was on April 13, 1861 (:
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861. It started with the Battle of Fort Sumter, in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Civil war started April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter South Carolina around 4:30 when the Confedrate attacked the Union fort (Fort Sumter) since South Carolina was apart of the Confederates states.
The South attacked the North. This was the start of the American civil war.
The US Civil War started on April 12, 1861, at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, in South Carolina.
The first battle was on April 12th, 1861 at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, which (unofficially) started the Civil War.
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The American Civil War
Hostilities started April 12, 1861 with the shelling of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.